Africa Peace Festival 2012

The Africa Peace Festival aims at bringing together people from diverse cultures and origins, education and religion to display their cultures and commitment to development through peace building.

The Festival is a week long event of music, Arts, Sports & Cultural, Conferences & Workshops.

Over one thousands (1000) people from across the globe will converge in Accra-Ghana, and over 50 supporting organizations across the globe to experience the touch educative events.

Objectives of the Programme:

1. To provide as a safe, peaceful and joyful environment that allows for youth form different backgrounds to overcome their differences and unite for peace2. To bring awareness and build capacity among youth on critical peace building issues with the objective of creating future peace educators3. – To provide a forum for the youth to showcase their ideas in solving societal problems4. – To showcase African rich culture5. – To promote cultural tolerance and unity in diversity as a commitment to peaceful coexistence6. – To engage political leaders, civil society, the media and representatives of the private sector with ideas of cultural tolerance and to encourage their commitment to peace, unity and development

Sub-Event under the festival;International Peace ConferencePeace Education WorkshopGames for PeaceArt and Culture ExhibitionBusiness and NGO Executives ConferencePeace ConcertVisitation to some Tourist site in GhanaPeace Awards/DinnerDurbar and Cultural Display